The Baptist Courier

The youth of Cassatt Baptist Church, Kershaw Baptist Association, recently visited and sang Christmas carols for elderly residents of their community. “We have the greatest bunch of youth groupers there are,” said Dianne Rutledge, a member of Cassatt Baptist.... Continue Reading »

God's Plan for Sharing (GPS), a Southern Baptist initiative with a goal of every believer sharing the gospel and every person in North America hearing the gospel by 2020, will be supported in South Carolina through a series of... Continue Reading »

Pastor David Bagwell, 29, was impacted by the book, 'simple Church,? by Thom Rainer and Eric Geiger. So when Bagwell came to Bethel Baptist Church, Westminster, he wanted to move the church toward understanding its simple purpose to reach... Continue Reading »

What kind of personal pain would cause a 42-year-old pastor to abandon his family, his calling and even life itself? Members of a Baptist church in Hickory, N.C., are asking that question after their pastor committed suicide in his... Continue Reading »

Starting in a small storefront location 13 years ago, Covenant Church, Anderson, has settled into its 54,000-square-foot building with 600-700 in worship. It's a story of God's goodness and grace, and a story of providing discipleship options and opportunities... Continue Reading »

Donald C. Tumblin, 73, of Simpsonville, a retired pastor and family therapy counselor, died Dec. 24, 2009.... Continue Reading »

South Carolina had always been just one of those states I drove through on my east coast route between Washington, D.C., and Palm Beach County, Fla., and nothing more. I never had any reason to stop there for more... Continue Reading »

Editor's note: In 2005, the South Carolina Baptist Convention entered into a partnership with International Mission Board's South Asia Region ? India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and the Maldives. That partnership officially ends Dec. 31. Here the... Continue Reading »

The Journey, a church in Spartanburg, calls people to a place where ?you will never have to walk alone.? Those words are real to pastor Chris Pollard, who has experienced God along his journey to reach people who are... Continue Reading »

During a regular meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention Executive Board Dec. 10 at the SCBC building in Columbia, the board said goodbye to members rotating off and elected officers for 2010.... Continue Reading »

I know this response is kind of late considering the state convention is well past us. But I have been extremely burdened over the decision to cut our budget 6 percent across the board. I know we are to... Continue Reading »

Apparently, ministry in the church ? and especially church planting ? runs in my family. I had known that my great-grandfather, Samuel Gibson, was a preacher, but I didn't realize the full scale of his ministry until fairly recently.... Continue Reading »